Encounters with the enemy? Academic readings of missionary narratives on Melanesians

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-64

  Douglas, Bronwen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MELANESIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MELANESIA; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIETIES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0002641692     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417501003577     Document Type: Article

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